Nation and World
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Death toll lowered in Minneapolis bridge collapseOct 31, 2021 5:08 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- More than 100 cars and trucks and a school bus crawling bumper-to-bumper on a bridge that suddenly crashes into the Mississippi River seemed like a recipe...
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Want to waste money? See 'Underdog'Oct 31, 2021 5:03 pm - "Underdog" on star out of four Opens today Starring As Jason Lee Shoeshine Jim Belushi Dan Unger Peter Dinklage ...
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Chambers may house emperorOct 31, 2021 5:04 pm - MEXICO CITY -- Mexican archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar have detected underground chambers they believe contain the remains of Emperor Ahuizotl, who ruled t...
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BP pollution tiff hits Chicago bond underwritersOct 31, 2021 5:06 pm - CHICAGO -- A powerful Chicago alderman, upset about oil company BP's plan to release more pollutants from an Indiana refinery into Lake Michigan, says municipal bond und...
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Today's sports birthdaysOct 31, 2021 5:07 pm - Today's birthdays Aug. 4 Dallas Green (73), MLB John Riggins (58), NFL Mary Slaney (49), U.S. track star Roger Clemens (45), MLB B.J. Surhoff (43), MLB Jeff Gordon (36),...
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Marine sentenced to 15 yearsOct 31, 2021 5:08 pm - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A jury sentenced a Marine sergeant Friday to 15 years in prison for the murder of an Iraqi civilian during a fruitless search for an insurg...
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Senate passes spy billOct 31, 2021 5:07 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate, in a high-stakes showdown over national security, voted late Friday to temporarily give President Bush expanded authority to eavesdrop on suspe...
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Monsoon floods displace 19 millionOct 31, 2021 5:04 pm - GAUHATI, India -- Hungry, frightened and shouting for help, families perched perilously in treetops or on the roofs of their flooded homes in Uttar Pradesh as the death ...
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Never too cool, or old, for schoolOct 31, 2021 5:05 pm - CANBERRA, Australia -- A 94-year-old great-great-grandmother who left school at the age of 12 appears to be the world's oldest recipient of a master's degree, an ...
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Today's birthdaysOct 31, 2021 5:08 pm - Singer Frankie Ford, 68; actor-comedian Richard Belzer, 63; actor Billy Bob Thornton, 52; Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, 46; TV producer Michael Gelman of "Live with Regis ...